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This section of Torque News provides the latest auto news and updates from the car manufacturers. Every day number of news stories and editorials are published here that give our readers an overview of what is happening in the automotive industry. Read this section daily to find out about new cars, vehicle reviews and car pictures. Torque News is an automotive news website by Hareyan Publishing, LLC, dedicated to covering the latest news, reviews and opinions about the car industry.

Barrett Jackson holds four automotive auctions a year in various parts of the U.S. This weekend is the most-anticipated so far, to be held in Scottsdale, Arizona, and featuring some of the most collectible of the classic collector cars ever featured by the auctioneer. Here are a few highlights from Friday, Saturday and Sunday's blocks.

It has been a great year for Hyundai at the 2012 North American International Auto Show with the Elantra taking home the North American Car of the Year but joining that super efficient compact is the new high performance version of the innovative Hyundai Veloster – now packing a turbocharger and over 200 horsepower.

Honda has unveiled the Honda Accord Coupe Concept at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). This provides a look at what the production ninth-generation 2013 Accord will look like, which is set to go on sale this fall.

Post impact fires reported by the NHTSA have had the Chevy Volt recently living under a cloud, so researchers for the brand are testing to see if the batteries will maintain integrity if that cloud releases a downpour, subjecting the vehicle to flooded highways or intersections.

We have known for some time now that when the 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe made its grand debut, it would feature a refreshed exterior design but the big news at the ongoing 2012 Detroit Auto Show is the massive power increases for both engine options offered in the 2013 Gen Coupe.

The 2013 Acura NSX, which hit detroit like an automotive atom bomb to steal the show, is going to production, Honda says. What's more, it will be built in Ohio - the all-wheel drive supercar will be Made in America, starting this year. Plus a new video explains a few more details on this awesome concept's drive train.

London's Limo Broker has just posted a YouTube video revealing the Audi R8 Limo Project, one of the most hush-hush developments in the limousine world, involving the conversion of one or more AUDI R8s into extremely luxurious stretch limousines destined to be the trademark icon of the upscale transportation service.

It seems the saga of the Swedish automaker Saab has another interesting twist. Several news sources are reporting that key Saab's officials are in China. Apparently they were invited there by the Chinese automaker, Zhejiang Youngman Lotus Automobile, to have talks about buying Saab, again.

The Toyota Prius C hit the Detroit auto show this year with a bang. The tiny car is entering the market as the most fuel-efficient car in Toyota's Prius line. The company has announced release dates for North America as well as details on the C's specifications.

As part of its restructuring after bankruptcy, Swedish automaker Saab is liquidating its world-famous museum in Trollhattan, including all 123 cars contained within it. This means some very valuable, collectible, and one-off prototypes will be entering private collections soon.

The value of having a receipt for the gas they bought at a Texaco station yesterday morning in South Austin TX has become readily apparent to six local residents who pumped tainted gas into their tanks.

The 1993 Jaguar XJ200S Coupe is a rare breed indeed. Modified by Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR) into a street legal version of the three XJ220C’s they put to work on the GT racing circuit. It held the speed record for a production car (in spite of the Walkinshaw modifications) until the McLaren F1 took the title in 1994.

The secret to reducing traffic deaths might be medical marijuana, according to a study by economists from the University of Colorado Denver and Montana State University. Turns out the drop might come from reduced beer sales.

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk has announced that the company will reveal preliminary designs on their next in-house vehicle, dubbed the Model X. This car will follow the soon-to-release Model S as the company's second vehicle design for market. The vehicle will be an SUV-type model and will be unveiled at an event on February 9.

Hey Top Gear fans, are you ready for the next season of the wildly popular car show? Top Gear UK today released the latest trailer for Season 18. As usual, it shows all the latest mayhem, antics, and crazy stunts the three hosts, Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond will be getting into in Season 18.

Volkswagen is recalling 159,884 VW and Audi cars with diesel TDI engines in model years 2008 through 2011 for a possible fuel leak problem. The recall is voluntary and was not ordered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), but affects nearly every car sold in North America with the ultra-efficient TDI engines. BMW is also recalling nearly 300,000 vehicles.

No one can say the Germans embraced the electric drive with passion, preferring to develop the internal combustion engine, ICE in a wait and see attitude. It seems after BMW dabbled with the electric drive, Mercedes is pragmatically bringing in the US a B-Class plug-in hybrid, PHEV.

The Subaru BRZ has been shown off in many forms around the world but this week at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show, show goers have a chance to check out the production version of the Subaru BRZ that will hit US streets later this year.

Electric motorcycles have come a long way and you would expect this highly enthusiast crowd to balk at it. However, of the years, EV motorcycles are gaining a strong foothold in the community, at least for those who dared to try.

There are several confirmed models in a new 2013 iteration that are coming to showrooms at dealerships around the nation before 2012 will be out. Here is a list of the 2013 models you can expect to see soon.

The fuel sipping 2013 Dodge Dart may have been the big show-stopped for the Chrysler Group at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show but perched proudly on a nearby turntable is the high performance Dodge Charger SRT8 – clad in yellow and black as part of the sexy Super Bee package as Detroit show-goers have their first chance to meet this awesome sedan.

It is the infertile soil the dreams of adolescent males are built upon - so red, so fast, so exotic - surely it will take you places you’ve never been and so desperately want to go! Conceived to commemorate 40 years of Ferrari automobiles during 1986, the Ferrari F40 Berlinetta was the last model namesake Enzo Ferrari lived to see produced, but what a way to make an exit.